Heart Health & Cholesterol Resources
Articles from Dr. Elizabeth Klodas and the Step One Foods team — covering diet & nutrition, heart health, statins, and the science of food as medicine.
How to talk to your doctor about Step One Foods
If you have a condition like high cholesterol, you probably know that medications can play an important role in your health. But if you’re reading this blog, chances are you’re also interested in helping yourself heal and have a...
Aug 22, 2020
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Aug 22, 2020
How to talk to your doctor about Step One Foods
If you have a condition like high cholesterol, you probably know that medications can play an important role in your health....
Aug 15, 2020
Why insurers should pay for you to eat better
We live in a strange world. In today’s health care system, we are encouraged to take heavily subsidized medications to cover up...
Aug 8, 2020
Study suggests every senior should be on statins
A new study found that veterans over the age of 74 were less likely to die when they took statins. Good news…until...
Jul 11, 2020
Is butter back... again? The truth about saturated fat
A new meta-analysis contends that limiting dietary saturated fat does nothing for reducing heart disease events or for heart disease prevention. The...
Jun 27, 2020
Should you eat tofu?
If you’re a faithful reader of this blog, you’ve heard me say one thing loud and clear: Eat real food, not too...
Jun 20, 2020
Can physical activity predict your lifespan?
I’ve written about the pros and cons of coronary calcium scans before (your questions inspired that blog a while back). And a...
Jun 6, 2020
Could protecting your heart also protect you from COVID-19?
Blood clots. Stroke. Rashes on toes. COVID-19 has been linked to an increasing number of seemingly strange symptoms. Now, new research reveals...
May 23, 2020
Healthy heart, younger brain
As a cardiologist, I may be focused on cholesterol and the heart, but as a (gasp) middle-aged woman myself, I’m also concerned...
May 9, 2020
Eating well is super important even when you’re on statins
As a cardiologist, I recognize that statins can be life-saving medications when used correctly. I also know that, on their own, they’re...
May 2, 2020
Here’s how to keep your grocery cart full of heart-health...
Before COVID-19, I had never shopped for regular groceries online – I only used the internet to order the occasional specialty item...
Apr 25, 2020
Social distance your exercise routine
The coronavirus pandemic can feel frightening, but I hope it hasn’t scared you away from exercise! This may be a critical time...
Apr 18, 2020
What I’m telling my heart patients about coronavirus
As a cardiologist, my heart skips a beat (figuratively, of course!) every time I read about research linking heart disease and COVID-19....
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